How do I connect to a server with thunar in Xubuntu?

I was able to connect to servers by first running

sudo apt-get install gvfs-fuse gvfs-backends

Then, open up any folder and hit Ctrl+L. In the location dialog box it presented I could then enter:

sftp://user@hostname:port/directory/path

This would give me a browser of the remote system.

This is not yet built in into thunar, it is however work in progress. In the meantime, use gigolo to manage these bookmarks.